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Name That Episode, DS9 Edition...

Clue 3 the 'Totally' was meant to indicate sarcasm. Maybe that was lost in translation.

He lost the program. The world was destroyed.

Well, I can't guess if you're serious given that some people say that kind of thing seriously.

You mean he failed the program. "He lost it" could mean that he put it somewhere and can't find it anymore.
 
Well, I can't guess if you're serious given that some people say that kind of thing seriously.

You mean he failed the program. "He lost it" could mean that he put it somewhere and can't find it anymore.

I guess it's not 100% clear that the word 'Totally' when used unnecessarily is an indicator of false hyperbole, but I don't see your argument for the second clue. There is nobody who would ever hear "I lost a game" and think it meant "I misplaced it" rather than "I failed to win it". You're really reaching there.

What You Leave Behind?
 
I guess it's not 100% clear that the word 'Totally' when used unnecessarily is an indicator of false hyperbole, but I don't see your argument for the second clue. There is nobody who would ever hear "I lost a game" and think it meant "I misplaced it" rather than "I failed to win it". You're really reaching there.

What You Leave Behind?

You didn't say "he lost the game", you said, "he lost the program" and that's quite different. For example, you say "I failed a test" and not "I lost a test", nobody says the latter.

"Fail a program" makes sense when "lose a program" doesn't and sounds indeed like you've misplaced it.

You can use your own brand of English that you're the only one to understand or you can try to use the vernacular. It's up to you.

Good guess but not the right one.
 
I have to say, you are being COMPLETELY absurd right now. I think you're being critical for the sake of critical. The clue was "Harder to lose it than to win it." No sane English speaking person would ever confuse that with "Misplaced".

And by continuing to criticize and somehow say "Harder to lose than win it" is weird vernacular, you're being a complete jerk.
 
In the name of all that is holy can we just play the game already?

Well, I gave the first clue and answered the one proposition that was made. What more can I do?

Here's my second clue:

Strange coincidences involving opposing interests?
 
I have to say, you are being COMPLETELY absurd right now. I think you're being critical for the sake of critical. The clue was "Harder to lose it than to win it." No sane English speaking person would ever confuse that with "Misplaced".

And by continuing to criticize and somehow say "Harder to lose than win it" is weird vernacular, you're being a complete jerk.

For the sake of forum peace, I am going to pretend that you didn't say the last sentence. Don't abuse my patience.
 
After all, it doesn’t matter if you WIN or LOSE, it’s how you play the game.

In the Pale Moonlight?
 
Let's stop criticizing each others' clues based on semantics and just play. Nobody knows how other people are going to receive their clues. Everybody's doing the best they can.

The Maquis? That's the only thing I can think of based on the clues.
 
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